Five Points is a true toss-up. About 48% of voters here vote Democratic and 52% Republican.
About 25% of adults in Five Points typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Five Points, ~12% vote Democratic, ~13% Republican, and ~75% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Five Points compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Five Points leans more Republican than 5 of 20 neighbors.
Five Points runs about 24 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Five Points is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Five Points. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (Even) and the west side runs the most Republican (R+20), a spread of about 22 points.
Why Five Points leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Five Points, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Five Points votes against the grain of California. California leans Democratic overall, while Five Points runs about 24 points more Republican.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Five Points, CA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Five Points looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Five Points is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 32%, about 29 points below the California average of 62%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 76% of households in Five Points rent, about 51 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 52% of adults in Five Points report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Cantua Creek, CA Even
- Huron, CA D+16
- Helm, CA R+21
- Lemoore Naval Air Station, CA R+37
- Riverdale, CA R+34
- San Joaquin, CA D+24
- Lemoore Station, CA R+22
- Three Rocks, CA R+4
- Turk, CA R+36
- Tranquillity, CA D+9
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- Byromville, GA R+3
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- Leslie, AR R+67
- Ridgeside, TN D+42
- Moscow, TX R+45
- Scalp Level, PA R+40
- Pray, MT R+34
- Hawstone, PA R+59
- Surry, NH R+16
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from California Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.